Petitioner, a minor who is confined in Ventura County, seeks immediate release from the California Youth Authority. Since there is no territorial limitation on the exercise of habeas corpus jurisdiction and since the attack is upon a judgment rendered in Contra Costa County, jurisdiction is appropriate in this court. (Griggs v. Superior Court (1976)
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